Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester

Background

Prof. Agrawal received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, in 1971 and 1974 respectively. After holding positions at the École Polytechnique, Paris; City University of New York, and AT&T Bell Laboratories, he joined the University of Rochester in January 1989. He is currently a Professor of Optics and a Professor of Physics. Prof. Agrawal is a Fellow of both the IEEE and the Optical Society of America (OSA). He was a Topical Editor for the Journal of the Optical Society of America (JOSA B) during 1993-98 and is currently serving on the editorial boards of several journals and book series devoted to optics.

Electro-optic modulators (EOMs) are an easy to use and efficient tool to externally modify the phase, frequency, polarization or amplitude of a free-space laser. In contrast to acousto-optic modulators the spatial mode of the laser beam remains unaltered.

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